Masa from fresh nixtamal is getting hard to find, but there’s nothing like it for making your own tamales. Here’s a video on how it’s made and where to find it.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Yw1M2bhX6SM%26hl%3Den_US%26fs%3D1%26color1%3D0x5d1719%26color2%3D0xcd311b

This article appears in Dec 17-23, 2009.